He tells us that since 2014, when he was already visiting Unidad Penal N°15, he had the opportunity to meet el pampa, and on one occasion he mentions that el pampa told him he had plans to build something among the incarcerated people to generate money they could use to help their families, and that they needed a civilian collaborator — he asked if he could help, and he said yes, and that's how it all began, ten years ago. At that time I was attending Ward 6, where I shared the Christian word, Becedillas recalls, coming once a week, and I also attended the University Pastoral where we would also see each other with el pampa.
Spiritual training and support
When you compare it to how it all started, you're amazed at how far it's come — because it began in a small workshop where they were nearly kicked out, and there was a real fight to stay, and reaching what it is today is something wonderful, something extraordinary. I have many contacts within the penitentiary service, because I've been visiting prisons for twenty years now, and when I tell them about Liberté, some of them are astonished by what has been achieved here for the benefit of incarcerated people — because that is the primary goal.
About Liberté today
This journey began on March 16, 2002, Becedillas tells us — he visited Unit 6, where there were several incarcerated people held in connection with a case that became very well known in Argentina, widely covered by the media, and we began visiting them. Afterward I was at Varela, and for several years I visited that unit, Unit 32, also Unit 42 and Unit 31 — and later, when I moved to Mar del Plata, I started by visiting Unit 44 and then stayed here at Unit 15.
His visits to prisons
It deeply saddens me to see people again who had left and are now back inside — but it also fills me with joy when I know that those who left never came back.
And many of them I see again on the outside. I visit them, we talk, I find out they've started some kind of work, that they've reintegrated into society — and that truly makes me very happy.
The message is this: make the most of your time, try to take away the best you can from your time here, and also keep God in mind — He can do things for them that perhaps their lawyer or judge cannot, but God can, and I've seen that many times — how God has worked in the lives of many incarcerated people to help them move forward.
Source: Liberté
